Disconnected

God pulled the power plug out of the wall.
Grabbed the cord, yanked and watched it fall.
With a hiss and a pop that was heard all around,
Computers and laptops and phones all shut down.
TVs flashed then went blank; devices went dark.
Wi-fi service ceased, cell phone towers sparked.
No Facebook, no Twitter, no YouTube, no Skype,
No blogging, no chatting, no media hype,
No breaking news, no Dancing with the Stars,
And for once, there was no cell phone use in cars.
No spyware, no software, no internet hacks,
No hard drive failures, no virus attacks.
We looked up from our iPads, PCs, and macbooks,
With eyebrows raised high, we exchanged confused looks.
We could no longer text, like, email or tweet
If we wanted to surf, we'd have go to the beach.
We pushed back our chairs, stretched out our necks,
Blinked our red eyes and thought, "What next?"
As we stood to our feet, not knowing what to do,
We were surprised to find that our legs could move.
So we rode our bikes, we took long walks
We even tried having face to face talks.
Soon we discovered just by looking around,
There is so much to see when the power is out!
We hugged and we smiled and we danced and we sang
(Without interruption because our phones never rang!)
We LOL'ed and threw our heads back
And our headphones fell out of our ears at last.
Our reception was great, we were completely tuned in
To the joys and the hurts of our neighbors and friends.
We were away from our desks, off of the couch
We were living and loving - wirelessly now!
We handwrote a love note, we picked up a book
Re-Kindled old friendships, found a warm Nook.
Now disconnected, we learned to truly connect!
God was pleased when he saw the dramatic effect.
What a valuable lesson in His wisdom he showed us.
And when He plugged the cord back in, heck,
...We didn't even notice.

Copyright Hope A. Horner, 2013.

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